April 26, 2013 By Katy Grimes U.S. Sen. Diane Feinstein's husband Richard Blum, won the first phase construction contract for California’s high-speed rail. I'm shocked, shocked I tell you. If I didn't witness the insanity and corruption in politics every day, I wouldn't have belie...
Posts Tagged ‘High-Speed Rail Authority’New High-Speed Rail biz plan crashes into realitySaturday, April 14th, 2012 April 14, 2012 By Katy Grimes What a train wreck. Barreling down the tracks in one direction, on April 9 a congressional committee launched a probe California’s high-speed rail project over charges of conflicts of interest and questionable spending of federal dollars. Barreling head-on t... New High-Speed Rail Plan Runs Over Prop. 1A MandatesTuesday, April 3rd, 2012 April 2, 2012 By Katy Grimes As California politicians show more desperation to build any part of the California High-Speed Rail system in order to get their hands on $3.5 billion in federal stimulus money, the plan is looking more like a whack-a-mole game. But every hole that is plugged, ever... Rail Program In Deep Doo-DooTuesday, May 24th, 2011 MAY 24, 2011 You know a massive government program is in trouble when even its hand-picked “working group” of insiders starts crying foul. This is exactly what happened to the increasingly troubled California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHRSA) earlier this month. Already suffering under the... LAO Blows Up Bullet TrainWednesday, May 11th, 2011 MAY 11, 2011 There’s something truly exhausting -- no, dispiriting -- about reading the latest state Legislative Analysts Office (LAO) report on California’s immense high-speed rail undertaking. Released at noon on May 10, the document runs just 28 pages but utterly dismantles the current, hu... Free the Rail Ridership Committee!Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 APRIL 27, 2011 You’d think that an agency spending millions of dollars on public relations would know to discuss one of its most controversial issues in public, where outside experts and members of the public can steadily review any and all findings. But the California High-Speed Rail Authority... |